Deseo for Men

I've used this fragrance for six years now, and despite all we've been through, the SAME bottle still holds up the same amount of strength, clarity, and power that it had when I bought it during my Sophomore year of high school! This was what people knew me for, back in high school...but as I grew up, I stopped using it, because I equated it to being a teenager, which is what I was quickly running away from when I got to college. I've just recently been picking it up and wearing it every now and then, and it's SO much more mature than I remember it being! On my 16 year old skin, it was mostly DARK citrus notes with a sweet, antiquated tobacco edge. But as the years have gone by, my skin chemistry has changed, and this fragrance has only gotten better! These days, on my 20-year old skin, I get the same burst of dark citruses, but the tobacco has shown itself FULL FORCE, backed by a looming boom of guaiac wood and patchouli. Once the cologne dries down, the berries and the citrus fall away to reveal the sensual patchouli/tobacco/wood combination that lasts as a sexy smoke for my skin for several hours. It's still just as lush, juicy, and effervescent as it always was, but these days, it's gotten just THAT much more sexy with the new woody herbal explosion that I've just recently unlocked. Deseo will always be an important part of my past, but now that I've rediscovered just how amazing it is, the scant amount of fluid I still have left will carry me into the future!

Point blank, this is not a scent to sit here and give these complex reviews. Overall it will either be a good scent or not. What celeberity frangrance is complex like you would expect a experienced name to be....give it a break! This a very nice scent all around, you cannot be angry with a scent because it doesnt smell how you would like it too, or if a certain note doesn't last as long. If thats the case then you are already missing the complexity of the scent. I do own and like this scent alot, especiallly for the price tag, you can't beat it. If was overpriced people would have that to cry about!!!

Since the guy below me hated it so much, I thought I would add my two cents. I LOVE this scent. I rarely wear a fresh, summer scent but I love this one. Although I wouldn't say I can smell each note, I am interested to see that it contains tobacco, patchouli and cedar- all of which I love in a cologne. Its just fresh and clean enough for me to wear in the summer without feeling like I smell like every other 18 year old in the world. I might agree with anyone who says it smells like grass, but that works for me. So, a big thumbs-up for me.

This stuff is very good, it's what I expected by seeing its unique bottle, my wife gets her deseo edp and this one's mine. If J-LO makes another man fragrance, please be as good as this, I'm sure there's heaps of celebrity fragrances out there, only a few highly rated and this one's a 5 star or simply 9/10

Finally found it to buy and I'm a little disappointed that it doesn't fit on the Deseo concept and has nothing to do with the female version, but it's an incredible fragrance, reminds me an intense version of Euphoria by CK, with an Coca-Cola candy note. Projection and Staying power are great.

Woody, warm, smoky and a little sweet. Berries & lemon are very noticeable on the opening, after the drydown, appears the tobbaco leaf and sandalwood among with another woody notes. Staying power is good, but projection very close to the skin.

Awaiting for this product to arrive in singapore store soon. Can't wait. The deseo for women is truly adorable and at all celebrity fragrance, I can only use three brands, beckham, sarah jessica parker and j-lo.

THis is one of my new favs love it ... just got it hrs ago so haven't really sprayed it on me much but the little that I did it smells so very good j.lo not a fan of your music but ur cologne is spot on great :)

A very sexy perfume. I love it on my man! The drydown is such a sweet coconut, although the start of smell is very strong and woody. Lasting power is good too, i recommend this perfume!!! Love it!

Well, I got a chance to order via ebay, I know it will take time to arrive but ok to wait. Seeing all the positive feedback, should be good one. Will be the first J-LO fragrance.

One of my top 10 scents. I love the woody smell to it and the peppery note it has. It also smells very clean which is a plus. I love this.

Can a girl ware this? And call it Deseo dark. lol I'm buying it anyways....

Very manly! Got it for my dad on Father's Day!!

I was going to my first ever toga party and I wanted to wear an “appropriate” fragrance. I immediately thought of buying Kouros by YSL. Kouros is a Greek word and could possibly be authentic with its animalic, musky scent. However, after realizing that I would like a fragrance with better versatility, I decided on Deseo. The reviews indicated this fragrance smells like “grass and woods” with a complementing-yet-fleeting “fruity sweet” note. With this information and its low price-point, I thought Deseo would be perfect. Deseo has distinct grass, wood, and pepper accords. I can detect the very soft, vague vanilla and the equally vague metallic tobacco in the drydown. The pepper accord, wood, and grass are laced with a non-descript berry-fruit sweetness and are perfectly complemented by super soft, metallic creamy accord (vanilla + tobacco) drydown. I don’t disagree with the remarks that it smells like generic deodorant spray on the first test. But after wearing this several times over the course of a year, I can detect most of the notes listed. Berry sweetness, grass, citrus, and the metallic vanilla + tobacco really stand out. I would highly recommend Deseo to give variety to anyone’s collection. The bottle is definitely original and gorgeous to look at, but very odd to hold and spray due to its asymmetric design. This is a fragrance that I spray when I feel like being casual and running on a few quick errands or lounging around the house. Perfect for anytime use. This could easily be someone's signature scent, although the fragrance is rather "dark" as a whole. So beware - it's not the typical, bright, fresh men's fragrance. For what it’s worth, I was immediately complimented on my fragrance when I arrived at the toga party. ;)

A sexy evening scent, Jennifer did a wonderful job on her first men's fragrance. The opening of Deseo for Men is a tart burst of Yuzu and Lemon joined with the very light and fruity sweetness of Berries. There is a very well blended Cedar Leaf note (which is much lighter, sweeter, and smoother than Pine Needles are), in the top notes that makes it's presence very well known during the life of the scent. It's truly a different kind of coniferous note, quite unique, lightly green, and very smooth. This whole Citrus-Fruity-Conifer accord blends in with a very smooth Tobacco note. The Tobacco and Cedar Leaf are background notes, but prominent throughout. The Tobacco Leaf makes sure that the fragrance stays very masculine. The Orrisroot of the heart mixes with the Cedar Leaf giving it a very light aromatic pungency somewhat similar to light Licorice, or maybe a light Fennel-like sharpness. Very masculine. Very sexy. Very adult. The base is a moderately sweet mix of Amber, Patchouli, and Vanilla, with Sandal. The Sandalwood gives the dry down an Incense-like aura. Average projection and longevity, not cloying even with a generous application. Very good for the cooler spring/fall nights. I think this is a very well done, unique, original fragrance.

I was initially on the fence whether I should take a risk and blind buy it or not as the reviews were quite contradictory. I remember seeing it in stores some years ago but I never bothered to smell it then. It is not by any means my favorite fragrance. But I didn't find it that generic. It didn't give me any kind of familiar feeling to be honest. And, for its price, it does its job. I would say this one is more for daily use or any other type of casual settings. Imediately after application, the lemon and the berries are the notes I sensed the most followed by woody undertones. A good time after, I began to get a better feel of the woods and the tobbacco leaf. The patchouli got more evident. Its mix with the tobbaco leaf and woods took the fragrance to a more masculine universe than its initial fruity-fresh-woody vibe. It lasted 2-3 hours on my skin so its longevity was low and I can't even smell a trace afterwards. Its projection was a little better but not much.

I like this fragrance, although I really don't have much to say. And I blame fragrantica for that (in a good way!). I remember smelling Deseo a few years ago, thinking: wow, this is amazing! Years passed and finally I decided to buy it. In the meantime I became a crazy fanatic of perfumes, trying, failing and succeeding. So now the impression of Deseo is way different, it has a nice vibe, different from many masculine scents but still you can tell this is not a top notch product. The opening reminds me of Cherry Musk (Ramon Monegal), fruity, slightly sweet but tamed down by the citrus and cedar. Then it becomes more "traditional" still with the cedar and a light tobacco. It fades (at least on my skin) very quickly.Basically the strongest note is the "berries" and after that note evaporates, the whole composition fades away. It's a cheap option that most people will find attractive, but as I said, longevity is a major issue.

It took me a moment but I find I do like this fragrance. When first applied there is a real blast of alcohol which really undermines the rather bright and unique opening to follow. There is a rather unique aspect to this citrus opening, I'm thinking that it may be the use of Yuzu. The fresh aspect remains through the dry down but there is a synthetic aspect that give what some users refer to as a cheap aspect. The bottle is an interesting concept but I feel that the plastic composition of the bottle mimics the synthetic feel of the fragrance. Still, I like this fragrance. As it is discontinued only fragrance fans and or Jennifer Lopez fans are likely to seek it out. I caught a good deal but I sure wouldn't pay what some of the auction sites are asking.

To harajukulovers: I may try this myself. It's supposed to be very sweet (some say too sweet). Edit: I ordered some. After looking at the noses "Ellen Molner and Jim Krivda", I see that they have experience with sweet fruity floral fragrances. But, there is something that is responsible for this scent that is not listed above, it's a "Givaudan" (givaudan.com) and produced by Coty. Givaudan has made many scents, for Burberry, Cerruti, Armani, Gucci, Dior, Mugler, Givenchy, Valentino, Prada, etc.... the list goes on and on. So, I wonder how bad could it be?

Overlooked and underrated fragrance. For me its not nearly as complex as many of the notes listed above might indicate - but the dry down is fantastic. I get a hint of vanilla and warm sandlewood and spicy amber. Somewhat bright, clean and laced with peper at the same time. Lasts around 4 hours with average projection. Not beast mode but for the $17 per 1.7 OZ price people can't complain too much. The scent is slightly feminine and could be worn by women. Great value and better than 99% of all the celebrity fragrances being released in the last decade.